cap

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Etymology

Abbreviation of English Chipaya with p and a interchanged.

Symbol

cap

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chipaya.

See also

English

Alternative forms

  • (a lie or exaggeration): 🧢

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
substratebor.?
Proto-Indo-European *kap-?
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *káput
Proto-Italic *kaput
Latin caput
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulum
Latin capitulum
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin -āris
Latin -āre
Latin capitulāre?
Late Latin cappabor.
Proto-West Germanic *kappā
Proto-West Germanic *kappijā
Old English cæppe
Middle English cappe
English cap

    Inherited from Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Proto-West Germanic *kappā (“covering, hood, mantle”), from Late Latin cappa, itself from Latin caput. Doublet of cape, chape, and cope.

    Noun

    cap (plural caps)

    1. A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
      Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:headwear
      The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
      • 1847 September 11, William J. Thoms, “The Folk-lore of Shakespeare”, in The Athenaeum, London, page 958, column 1:
        That elf-maiden smote with her hand so white,
        “Sorrow and sickness on thee alight”
        That elf-maiden smote with her cap so small,
        “No more shall priest's benison on thee fall!”
    2. A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
    3. An academic mortarboard.
    4. A protective cover or seal.
      He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
    5. A crown for covering a tooth.
      He had golden caps on his teeth.
    6. The summit of a mountain, etc.
      There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
    7. An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
      Antonym: floor
      We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
      • 2022 September 2, Alex Lawson, “G7 countries agree plan to impose price cap on Russian oil”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 October 2026:
        The G7 countries have agreed to impose a price cap on Russian oil in an attempt to stem the flow of funds into the Kremlin’s war coffers. […] The level of the cap is still being discussed.
    8. (mycology) The top part of a mushroom.
    9. (toy) A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.
      Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.
    10. A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.
      He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.
      • 1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Prairie Kid; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 47:
        The old cap-and-ball .44 was in Pa's saddle bag with its belt and powder flask and the leather sacks of lead bullets and caps.
    11. (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
      • 2001, Charles Jade, “Jade goes to Metreon”, in arstechnica.com‎[2]:
        Did he think they were going to put a cap in his ass right in the middle of Metreon?
    12. (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) A lie or exaggeration.
      no cap
      that’s cap
    13. (sports) A place on a national team; an international appearance.
      Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
    14. (obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
    15. (obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.
      • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ until the Year MDCXLVIII, volume 1, London: Thomas Tegg and Son, published 1837, page 9:
        He that will give a cap and make a leg, in thanks for a favour he never received, deserveth rather to be blamed for want of wit, than to be praised for store of manners.
    16. (zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
    17. (architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
      the cap of a column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
    18. Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
    19. (nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
    20. (geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
    21. A large size of writing paper.
      flat cap; foolscap; legal cap
    22. (Appalachia) Popcorn.
    Derived terms
    general terms
    head covering
    protective cover or seal
    artificial upper limit
    small amount of explosive used as detonator
    something covering the top or end of a thing
    head
    toy
    names of mushrooms
    other species
    lie
    Translations
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    Verb

    cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)

    1. (transitive) To cover or seal with a cap.
    2. (transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
    3. (transitive) To lie over or on top of something.
      1. (by extension, graffiti slang) To paint over someone else's piece or tag.
    4. (transitive) To surpass or outdo.
    5. (transitive) To set (or reach) an upper limit on something.
      to cap wages
      • 2023 September 6, Philip Haigh, “£30 billion plan to transform the rail network in Ireland”, in RAIL, number 991, page 25:
        It recalls the business case for Scotland's reopening of the Borders Railway to Tweedbank, that British Rail closed in 1969. The review says the business case for this was at best borderline, but goes on to say that the case greatly underestimated passenger demand and that the railway Scotland built has capped its capacity.
    6. (transitive, figurative) To conclude; to make something even more wonderful at the end.
      That really capped my day.
      • 2025 July 9, Mike Isaac, Kate Conger, “X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says She Is Leaving Elon Musk’s Platform”, in The New York Times‎[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 January 2026:
        Ms. Yaccarino’s exit caps a tumultuous period at X, which was previously called Twitter and has been remade in Mr. Musk’s image since he bought the platform for $44 billion in 2022.
    8. (transitive, cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side.
    10. (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
      Synonym: pop a cap into
      If he don’t get outta my hood, I’m gonna cap his ass.
      In a school shooting, where some kid caps a bunch of other kids, where did he get the weapon? From a family member, probably their gun cabinet.
    12. (intransitive, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To lie; to tell a lie.
      • 1906, Alfred Henry Lewis, “Confessions of a Detective”, in Confessions of a Detective, New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, page 36:
        "How? Didn’t I cap for you, an’ square you with the examinin’ board? Didn’t I stake you to the three hundred dollars?"
      • 2003, Antwan Patton et al., “Tomb of the Boom”, in Speakerboxxx, performed by OutKast:
        It’s over for you capping-ass rappers—get out the game / You can fool the record labels, but not the streets, man
    14. (transitive, sports) To select to play for the national team.
      Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
    15. (transitive, obsolete) To salute by uncovering the head respectfully.
      • 1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “I Go to Cambridge, and Do But Little Good There”, in The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. […] , volume I, London: […] Smith, Elder, & Company, […], →OCLC, page 231:
        Tom never miſsed a lecture, and capped the proctor with the profoundeſt of bows.
      • 1909, William Hill Tucker, Eton Memories, page 128:
        Indeed, as the astonished small boys "capped" him on his way to nine o'clock "absence," he wore an expression of delight bordering on playfulness, which, coming from one of such firm and commanding features, was immensely striking.
    16. To deprive of a cap.
      • 1596, Edmund Spenser, A View of the State of Ireland as It Was in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, Dublin: Laurence Flin, published 1763, page 50:
        As if one going to diſtrain upon his own Land or Tenement, where lawfully he may; yet if in doing thereof, he tranſgreſs the leaſt Point of the Common Law, he ſtraight committeth Felony. Or if one, by any other Occaſion, take any thing from another, as Boys uſe ſometimes to cap one another, the ſame is ſtraight Felony.
    Derived terms
    Translations

    Etymology 2

    Various clippings from longer words beginning with the three letters.

    Noun

    cap (plural caps)

    2. (finance) Capitalization.
    3. (informal) A capital letter.
    4. (electronics) A capacitor.
      parasitic caps
      I had to replace the caps in that thing to get it to work again.
    5. (colloquial) Clipping of capture; a recording or screenshot.
      Anyone have a cap of the games last night?
      • 1996 December 9, Fox [username], “Anyone has a cap of yesterday's irc-convention on undernet ?”, in alt.paranet.ufo‎[5] (Usenet):
      • 1998 September 26, Mr Hanky [username] <meister_hanky@hotmail.com>, “req: does anyone have a cap of Gabby's behind from "Forget Me Not"”, in alt.tv.xena‎[6] (Usenet), retrieved 7 August 2016:
        If you have a cap of Gabby's bare butt from the "forget me not" episode please post or mail it...
      • 1998 April 27, Johan [username], “Jennifer on Letterman”, in alt.fan.jen-aniston‎[7] (Usenet), retrieved 7 August 2016:
        Here's a cap of Jennifer from her latest Letterman appearance […]
      • 2000 March 4, RichieH [username], “Please somebody get a cap of Faye from steps at the Brits!!!!!!!!”, in alt.tv.shaggable.babes‎[8] (Usenet):
        Please be assured that when I do get around to capping the Brits, there will NOT be one single cap of that slutty bitch, her whorishness has dropped to even lower levels than before.
    6. (slang) A capsule of a drug.
      • 2012, Alex Wyndham Baker, Cursive:
        Glass bottles of liquid LSD; moist blocks of Manali charras and Malana cream; sachets of smack; a hundred caps of MDMA and a phial of Australian DMT; ampoules of medical morphine and a dense pad of four thousand Californian blotters.
    7. (colloquial) A capitalist.
    8. (anatomy) A capillary.
    9. A caption.
    10. (informal) A cappuccino.
    Derived terms
    Translations

    Verb

    cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)

    1. (transitive, informal) To convert text to uppercase.
    2. (transitive) To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.
      • 2001 December 3, Methos [username], alt.fan.televisionx‎[9] (Usenet):
        I've capped in VCD format, so will eventually post it to abme (I've since found out that it's a bit OT for this group)
      • 2002 June 11, test . com Ground Hog [username], alt.luser.recovery‎[10] (Usenet):
        Please tell me someone capped it!!!!
      • 2003 February 18, jacuk [username], alt.fan.pornstar.darrian‎[11] (Usenet):
        If I had a method of capping from video tapes there's a movie that I can no longer remember the name of which has a single scene with Racquel and Derrick as a newly married couple having sex under the lustful eyes of Joey Silvera.
    3. (transitive, video games) To capture an objective, such as a flag or checkpoint.
    4. (transitive, intransitive, video games) To capitulate (cause to capitulate) an opponent.
    Derived terms

    Etymology 3

    From Scots cap, an alteration of earlier cop, from Middle English cop, from Old English copp (“a cup, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz.

    Noun

    cap (plural caps)

    1. (obsolete) A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.
    Derived terms

    Anagrams

    Albanian

    Etymology

    A variant of cjap (“billy goat”), in southern Tosk, western Tosk and even in some southern Gheg dialects.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [t͡sap]

    Noun

    cap m (plural cepë, definite capi, definite plural ceptë)

    1. (regional) he-goat, billy goat

    Declension

    Declension of cap
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative cap capi cep ceptë
    accusative capin
    dative capi capit cepve cepve
    ablative cepsh

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cjap”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana: Akademia e Shkencave e Republikës Popullore të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë, pages 49-51

    Aromanian

    Etymology

    From Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput. Plural form capiti from Latin capita. Compare Romanian cap.

    Noun

    cap n (plural capiti or capite)

    1. head

    Derived terms

    See also

    Catalan

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

      Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus (“head, chief”), from Latin caput (“head, etc.”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput. Compare Occitan cap. Compare also French personne (which can mean either "person" or "nobody").

      Noun

      cap m (plural caps)

      1. (anatomy) head
      2. boss, chief, leader
        cap d'estat ― head of state
      3. (geography) cape (piece of land)
      4. (heraldry) chief
      5. end
        cap de setmana ― weekend
      Derived terms

      Determiner

      cap (invariable)

      1. no, not any (usually with no or other negative particle)
        No hi ha cap iogurt de maduixa.
        There is no strawberry yogurt.
        Ha de treballar sense cap eina.
        Must work without any tools.
        • 2019 August 21, Rosa M. Bravo, “La demanda de tractament per deixar la cocaïna creix”, in El Punt Avui‎[13], archived from the original on 24 February 2026:
          A més, 3.500 persones han passat per les sales de consum ateses per professionals, on cap de les 214 sobredosis ha estat mortal.
          Additionally, 3,500 people have passed through the [drug] use rooms tended by professionals, where none of the 214 overdoses has been fatal.
      2. any (in questions and suppositions)
        Que hi falta cap peça?
        Is there any missing piece?

      Pronoun

      cap

      1. none, not one (usually with no or other negative particle)
        No n'hi ha cap de maduixa
        There is not any strawberry flavoured one
      2. anyone (in questions and suppositions)
        Que en falta cap?
        Is there anyone missing?

      Preposition

      cap

      1. towards, to
        Anem cap a França.
        We are going to France.
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Verb

        cap

        1. inflection of cabre:
          1. third-person singular present indicative
          2. second-person singular imperative

        Further reading

        Chinese

        Etymology 1

        From English cap.

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        cap (Hong Kong Cantonese)

        1. used in cap帽 (“cap; hat”)
        2. upper limit; upper bound

        Etymology 2

        Clipping of English capture.

        Pronunciation

        Verb

        cap (Hong Kong Cantonese)

        1. to screenshot or record
          cap低 [Cantonese]  ―  kep1 dai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to save a screenshot
        2. to obtain or accumulate money
        Derived terms

        Etymology 3

        Clipping of English capacitor.

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        cap (Hong Kong Cantonese)

        1. capacitor (Classifier: 粒 c)
        Derived terms
        • 爆cap

        See also

        French

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Occitan cap, from Latin caput. Doublet of chef.

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        cap m (plural caps)

        1. (geography) cape
        2. (archaic) head
        3. (nautical) heading
        4. (figuratively) goal, direction, course
          Synonym: cible
          cap stratégique ― strategic course
        5. (Quebec, geography) cap (summit of a mountain)

        Derived terms

        Further reading

        Anagrams

        Indonesian

        Alternative forms

        Pronunciation

        Etymology 1

        From Malay cap ultimately from Indo-Aryan. Compare Hindi छाप (chāp), Gujarati છાપ (chāp), Bengali ছাপ (chap), English chop all meaning stamp, seal.

        Noun

        cap (plural cap-cap)

        1. seal, stamp
          Synonyms: stempel, tera
        2. record
          Synonym: rekaman
        3. printing
          Synonyms: cetak, cetakan
        4. trademark
          Synonyms: merk dagang, etiket
        5. (figurative) characteristic
          Synonyms: ciri, sifat
        6. the size of a holding hand (fingertips meet thumb)
        Hyponyms
        Derived terms
        • bercap
        • mengecap
        • mengecapkan
        • pengecapan

        Etymology 2

        Onomatopoeic.

        Noun

        cap (plural cap-cap)

        1. sound of tongue smacking
          Synonym: kecap

        Etymology 3

        Borrowed from Karo Batak [Term?].

        Noun

        cap (plural cap-cap)

        1. strings from the roots of the sugar palm tree [since 2024]

        Further reading

        Javanese

        Noun

        cap

        1. seal, stamp

        Malay

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        From Hindi छाप (chāp) deverbal form of छापना (chāpnā, “to print”). Doublet of cop.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃap]
        • Rhymes: -ap

        Noun

        cap (Jawi spelling چڤ, plural cap-cap)

        Cap-cap huruf timah disusun membentuk sepatah ayat (Tin letter types arranged to form a sentence).
        1. seal; stamp
          Synonyms: meterai, meteri, tera, (esp. of official and royal use) mohor
        2. (printing, archaic) type: letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block
        3. (in extension) print, product of a printing
          Synonym: cetakan
        4. brand
          Synonym: jenama
        5. (in extension) trademark
          Synonym: tanda dagang

        Verb

        cap

        1. to mark or stamp with a seal
        2. (obsolete) to mint or coin i.e. pressing metal pieces into items of monetary value i.e. coins
          Synonyms: kilang, tempa
        3. (obsolete) to type i.e. produce letters on paper using engraved metallic blocks
        4. (obsolete) to print
          Synonym: cetak

        Derived terms

        • bercap
        • mengecap
        • mengecapkan
        • pengecapan

        References

        Further reading

        • "cap" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
          (also see "cap" at PRPM first version)

        Megleno-Romanian

        Alternative forms

        • cǫp

        Etymology

        From Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput.[1] Compare Romanian cap.

        Noun

        cap n (plural capiti)

        1. head

        References

        • Atasanov, Petar (1990), Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske
        1. ^ https://www.dex.ro/cap

        Middle English

        Noun

        cap

        1. alternative form of cappe

        Middle French

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Old Occitan cap.

          Noun

          cap m (plural caps)

          1. head
            • 1369-1400, Jean Froissart, Chroniques
              Armez de pié en cap
              Armed from head to toe

          Descendants

          • French: cap
          • → English: cape

          Occitan

          Etymology

          From Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          cap m (plural caps)

          1. head (the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs)
          2. leader, chief, mastermind
          3. cape, headland

          Derived terms

          Further reading

          • "cap", in dicodòc: multidiccionari occitan (oc→fr)
          • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[14], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 148

          Polish

          Pronunciation

           
          • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sap/
          • Audio:(file)
          • Rhymes: -ap
          • Syllabification: cap

          Etymology 1

            Borrowed from Romanian țap.

            Noun

            cap m animal (diminutive (dialectal) capek)

            1. billy-goat
            2. buck (male of an antlered animal)
            3. (colloquial, derogatory) lecherous man
            4. (colloquial) bearded man
            Declension
            Declension of cap
            singular plural
            nominative cap capy
            genitive capa capów
            dative capowi capom
            accusative capa capy
            instrumental capem capami
            locative capie capach
            vocative capie capy
            Attested dialectal forms of cap
            singular plural
            nominative — —
            genitive capu1 —
            dative — —
            accusative — —
            instrumental — —
            locative — —
            vocative — —

            1Zagórze.

            Derived terms
            adjective
            verb

            Etymology 2

              Onomatopoeic.

              Interjection

              cap

              1. sound of a violent grabbing of someone or something
                Synonym: łap

              Etymology 3

                (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “alt form of cep”)

                Noun

                cap m inan

                1. (Łowicz, Strugienice, agriculture) plow peg (peg carved into the upper end of a plow inserted into holes made in the wall plate for better bonding)

                Etymology 4

                  See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

                  Verb

                  cap

                  1. second-person singular imperative of capić

                  Etymology 5

                    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

                    Verb

                    cap

                    1. second-person singular imperative of capać

                    Further reading

                    • “cap”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[15] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
                    • “cap”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[16] (in Polish)
                    • Halina Świderska (1929), “cap”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 92
                    • Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “cap, -u”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎[17] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 12

                    Portuguese

                    caps

                    Etymology

                    Etymology tree
                    substratebor.?
                    Proto-Indo-European *kap-?
                    Proto-Indo-European *kap-
                    Proto-Indo-European *káput
                    Proto-Italic *kaput
                    Latin caput
                    Proto-Indo-European *-lós
                    Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós
                    Proto-Italic *-elos
                    Latin -ulum
                    Latin capitulum
                    Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
                    Proto-Indo-European *-is
                    Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
                    Proto-Italic *-ālis
                    Latin -ālis
                    Latin -āris
                    Latin -āre
                    Latin capitulāre?
                    Late Latin cappabor.
                    Proto-West Germanic *kappā
                    Proto-West Germanic *kappijā
                    Old English cæppe
                    Middle English cappe
                    English capubor.
                    Portuguese cap

                      Unadapted borrowing from English cap.

                      Pronunciation

                      • Rhymes: -ɛpi, -ɛpɨ
                      • Hyphenation: cap
                      • Homophone: quepe

                      Noun

                      cap m (plural caps)

                      1. (graffiti slang) cap (covering of a spray can)
                        Synonym: bico

                      Romanian

                      Alternative forms

                      Pronunciation

                      • IPA(key): /ˈkap/
                      • Audio:(file)
                      • Rhymes: -ap
                      • Hyphenation: cap

                      Etymology 1

                      Inherited from Late Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput. Plural form capete from Latin capita. Compare the doublet șef, borrowed from French.

                      Noun

                      cap n (plural capete)

                      1. head
                      Declension
                      singular plural
                      indefinite definite indefinite definite
                      nominative-accusative cap capul capete capetele
                      genitive-dative cap capului capete capetelor
                      vocative capule capetelor
                      Derived terms

                      Etymology 2

                        Borrowed from French cap.

                        Noun

                        cap n (plural capuri)

                        1. cape (headland)
                        Declension
                        singular plural
                        indefinite definite indefinite definite
                        nominative-accusative cap capul capuri capurile
                        genitive-dative cap capului capuri capurilor
                        vocative capule capurilor

                        Further reading

                        Scots

                        Etymology 1

                        Inherited from Middle English cappe (“cap, hat”).

                        Noun

                        cap (plural caps)

                        1. cap, hat [from 15th century]

                        Verb

                        cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)

                        1. confer a university degree by touching the graduate's head with a ceremonial cap [from 19th century]

                        Etymology 2

                        Inherited from Middle English coppe (“cup”). Attested from Older Scots (a. 1700).

                        Noun

                        cap (plural caps)

                        1. a bowl for food or drink; a cup
                        2. a wooden bowl used to measure grain, potatoes etc.
                        3. small beer, table beer, cappie ale
                        4. any of various bowl-shaped receptacles

                        Verb

                        cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capin, simple past and past participle capt)

                        1. share a bowl of drink or food

                        Etymology 3

                        From Old French caper (“to seize”). Attested from at least the 19th century. Compare older kep (“keep; catch”).

                        Verb

                        cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capin, simple past and past participle capt)

                        1. seize (a thing), take by force
                        2. arrest, stop the progress (of a person or thing)
                        3. catch (a falling object)

                        Slovak

                        Etymology

                          Inherited from Proto-Slavic *capъ.[1]

                          Pronunciation

                          • IPA(key): /t͡sap/, [ˈt͡sap]
                          • Rhymes: -ap

                          Noun

                          cap m animal (female equivalent koza, relational adjective capí, diminutive capko, augmentative capisko)

                          1. a male goat, he-goat, billygoat

                          Declension

                          Declension of cap
                          (patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))
                          singularplural
                          nominativecapcapy
                          genitivecapacapov
                          dativecapovicapom
                          accusativecapacapy
                          locativecapovicapoch
                          instrumentalcapomcapmi

                          References

                          1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*capъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 172

                          Further reading

                          • “cap”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

                          Tyap

                          Pronunciation

                          • IPA(key): /tʃɑ́p/

                          Noun

                          cap

                          1. fur

                          Vietnamese

                          Etymology

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                          Pronunciation

                          • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːp̚˧˦]
                          • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːp̚˦˧˥]
                          • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːp̚˦˥]
                          • Phonetic spelling: cáp

                          Noun

                          cap

                          1. (slang, Internet) abbreviation of caption

                          Welsh

                          Noun

                          cap m (plural capau or capiau)

                          1. cap

                          Derived terms

                          Mutation

                          Mutated forms of cap
                          radical soft nasal aspirate
                          cap gap nghap chap

                          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
                          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

                          Further reading

                          • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cap”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
                          • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cap”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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